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Radiation exposure alters DNA methylation in Brassicaceae

Genome-wide DNA methylation changes occur in two Brassicaceae species along a radiation gradient near Chernobyl and Fukushima, indicating an association between environmental radiation and plant methylomes.

Confidence
80%
active

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Genome-wide DNA methylation changes in two Brassicaceae species sampled alongside a radiation gradient

Relationship

Environmental radiation exposure alters Brassicaceae genome-wide DNA methylation

Evidence

Reference to Horemans et al. (2018) reporting genome-wide DNA methylation changes in two Brassicaceae species along a radiation gradient near Chernobyl and Fukushima.

Horemans, N. et al. (2018). Genome-wide DNA methylation changes in two Brassicaceae species sampled alongside a radiation gradient in Chernobyl and Fukushima doi:10.1016/j.jenvrad.2018.07.012

Rashydov & Hajduch (2015) advance the identification of differentially abundant proteins in plants growing in a radio-contaminated environment as part of the Chernobyl seed project.

Rashydov, N. M. & Hajduch, M. (2015). Chernobyl seed project. Advances in the identification of differentially abundant proteins in a radio-contaminated environment doi:10.3389/fpls.2015.00493